Necktie-fastener.



F. TROYAN.

NECKTIE FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 19. ms.

1,237,420, Patented Au 21, 1917.

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FRANK TROYAN, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

NECKTIE-FASTENER.

Toall whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK TnorAN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Cleveland, in the county 01 (luyahoga and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inNecktie-Fasteners; and I hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in necktie fasteners, andpertains more especially to simple, inexpensive, reliable and convenientmeans for facilitating the making of the knot of a four-in-hand-scarfand for guiding and holding in place the neck-band of the scarf.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a necktie fastenercomprising a four-in-hand-scarf form which is provided with efficientmeans for guiding and holding in place the neck-band of the scarf at theback of the body of the form and has simple and inexpensive andconveniently located means for clamping said neck-band at the lower endof said body.

Another object is to provide said form with a simple and inexpensiveresilient member for clampingly engaging the knot of the scarf at theback of the knot and to have said resilient member and the aforesaidguiding and holding means composed of a single piece or section of wire.

With these objects in view and to the end of attaining any otheradvantage hereinafter appearing, this invention consists in certainfeatures of construction, and combinations and relative arrangement ofparts, hereinafter described, pointed out in the claims and illustratedin the accompanying drawing.

In said drawings, Figure 1 isa back view of my improved necktie fastenercomprising a four-in-hand-scarf form. Fig. 2 is a top plan of the same.Fig. 3 is a side view of the same. Fig. 4 is a side view of afour-inhand scarf having its knot formed on the body of the form of myimproved necktie. fastener. Fig. 5 is a back view illustrative of theformation of said knot on said form. Fig. 6 is a view corresponding withFig. 5, except that in Fig. 6 the neck-band of the scarf is shown heldand guided at the back I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Au .-21, 1917.

4 Application filed August 19, 1916. Serial No. 115,774.

of the knot of the scarf and at the back of the apron-formingend-portion of the scarf belowsaid knot. Portions of the scarf are shownbroken away in Figs. 4, 5 and 6 to reduce the size of the drawings.

The body of the four-in-hand-scarf form of my improved necktie fastener(see Figs. 1, and 3) comprises an upright plate A. Said plate isgradually enlarged in width upwardly between the upper end-portion 8 andthe lower end-portion 9 of the plate and bent at its side edges betweensaid end-portions to form two upwardly diverging tubular portions 10 and12, and a piece or section of tempered steel wire has its end-portions13 and 23 arranged and crossed'below said tubular portions. Theend-portion 13 of said wire-section is arranged rearwardly of and spacedsomewhat from the end-portion 23 of said section. From its readwardend-portion 13 said wiresection extends into the lower end of and, as at14, through the tubular portion 10 formed at the left-hand side of theback of the plate A, and from the upper end of said tubular portionrearwardly, as at 15, to a point a short distance from the upper end ofsaid tubular portion, and thence, as at 16, downwardly diagonally of theback of the plate in the direction of the right-hand side of said backso as to form a resilient clamping member for the purpose hereinafterappearing. From the lower end of said clamping member 16 saidwire-section extends in the direction of the left-hand side of the backof the plate A, as at 17 thence upwardly, as at 18, to and across therear side of said clamping member, thence to the right-hand side of theback of the plate, as at 20, to a point a short distance rearward of thetubular portion 12 formed at the last-mentioned side of said back,thence forwardly,

as at 21, thence downwardly, as at 22,

through said last-mentioned tubular portion,

from the forwardly curved front of the plate A so that the scarf extendsfrom said apronforming portion upwardly in front of said plate, as at26, to and rearwardly over the upper end of the form, as at 27, thencedownwardly, as at 28, between the members 15 and 21 of the wire-sectionand diagonally of said back to the left hand side of said back, andthence, as at 29, in front of the form and across the forward side ofthe portion 26 of the scarf to the right-hand side of the back of theform, and thence upwardly, as at 30, and diagonally of said back betweenthe diagonally extending portion 28 of the scarf and the plate A to theupper end of the left-hand side of said back at the inner side of themember 15 of the wire-section, and the diagonally arranged portion 30 ofthe scarf terminates in the neck-band 31. The portions 26, 27, 28, 29and 30 of the scarf form a knot which incloses the greater portion ofthe plate A and is formed, as already indicated, by properly wrappingthe knot-forming portion of the scarf around or about the plate.

It will be observed that the diagonally extending clamping member 16 isarranged to clampingly engage the back of the rearward diagonally arraned portion 28 of the knot of the scarf, ancf consequently the back ofsaid knot, and adapted to press said portion of the lmot and theforwardly diagonally arranged portion 30 of said knot forwardly at theback of the plate A. The neck-band 31 of the scarf is long enough toextend from the upper end of the left-hand side of the back of the knotaround the back of the neck of the wearer and thence downwardly at theinner side of the rearwardly extending member 21 of the wire-section andbetween the diagonally arranged portion 16 of the wiresection and thetransverse members 20 and 17 of said wire-section, and thence saidneckband extends downwardly to the back of the lower end-portion 9 ofthe plate A and between said end-portion of sald plate and theend-portion 23 of the wire-section.

Obviously the member 21 of the wire-section B constitutes a guide forguiding the neck-band to and between the member 16 and the members 17and 20 of said wire-section, that the members 17 and 20;, of saidWire-section constitute means for preventing rearward displacement ofthe neck-band,

between said resilient clamping member and a said neck-band-clampingend-portion of the plate. Of course the end-portion 13 of thewire-section forms a resilient guiding member for guiding the neck-bandinto place bea tween the clamping members 9 and 23 and the neck-band isfirst passed between the resilient end-portions 13 and 23 of thewiresection before it is passed into position between the clampingmembers 9 and 23, and obviously the resilient end-portions 13 and 23 ofsaldwire-section constitute means for confining the neck-band inposition at the back of the lower end-portion of the plate.

By the construction hereinbefore described it will be observed that myimproved necktie fastener has a body which is provided at the upperportion of the left-hand side of its back with a short rearwardlyprojecting guide-arm 15 which terminates at its rear end in a resilientclamping member 16, that said body is provided at the upper portion ofthe right-hand side of its back with.

a short rearwardly projecting guide-arm 21, that said clamping member isconnected through the medium of the members 17, 18 and 20 with the rearend of the last-mentioned arm, that the guide-arms 15 and 21 guide thediagonally arranged portions 28 and 30 of the scarf-knot and participatein holding said portions of the scarf between said arms, and that theguide-arm 21 and the contiguous -member 20 and the connected guidinmember 17 participate in guiding the nec -band of the scarf to theneck-bandclamping means consisting of the cooperating members 9 and 23arranged at the lower end of the scarf-form in position to clamp theneck-band at the back of the apron 25 of the scarf so that displacementof the neckband out of its position behind said apron is positivelyprevented. 7

It will be observed that the neck-band, when it extends, as shown inFig. 6, vertically downwardl over the back of the lower end-portion 9 othe plate A and is there confined between the resilient members 13 and23 of the wire-section, is not liable to become displaced from the backof said portion of the plate. Preferably said resilient members arearranged to extend across opposite side edges respectively of theneckband in roxi'mity to the lower end-portion of thep ate, as shown inFig. 6, and to have their free ends opposite the back of said band, sothat said band is positively retained in proper position relative tosaid portion of the plate.

What I claim is 1. In a necktie fastener, a fourinhand scarf formcomprising a body which has two upwardly diverging tubular membersarranged at the right-hand side and lefthand side respectively of theback of said body, a section of wire extending from within the upper endof the tubular member formed at the left-hand side of said back to apoint a short distance rearwardly of said tubular member, thencedownwardly and in the direction of the right-hand side of said back,thence toward the left-hand side of said back, thence upwardly and to apoint rearwardly of the tubular member arranged at the right-hand sideof said back and thence forwardly to the upper end of ind into saidlast-mentioned tubular mem- 2. In a necktie fastener, afour-in-handscarf form comprising an upright plate forming the body ofthe form and provided at its lower end-portion with two resilientmembers arranged to extend across opposite side edges respectively of aneck-band applied so as' to extend downwardly at the back of saidportion of the aforesaid body.

3. In a necktie fastener, a four-in-handscarf form comprising a bodyprovided at its lower end-portion with two resilient members arranged toextend across opposite side edges respectively of a neck-band applied soas to extend downwardly at the back of said portion of the aforesaidbody and having their free ends arranged to be opposite the back of saidneck-band.

4. In a necktie fastener, a four-in-handscarf form comprising a bodyprovided at its side edges with two spaced upright tubular members, asection of wire extending through said tubular members and between theupper ends of said tubular members and having its end-portions extendinbelow said tubular members and adjacent t e lower end-portion of thebody, said end-portions of said Wire-section being arranged to extendacross opposite side edges respectively and opposite the back of aneck-band applied so as to extend downwardly at the back of said portionof the body.

5. In a necktie fastener, a four-in-handscarf form comprisin an uprightplate provided at its lower en -port1on with tworesilient membersarranged to extend across scarf form comprising a body formed by' anupright plate enlarged in width upwardly between the upper and lowerendportions of the plate and provided at its side edges with twoupwardly diverging tubular portions which are arranged between theaforesaid end-portions of the.

plate, a section of wire extending through said tubular portions andhaving portions thereof forming a clampin member and guiding means atthe back 0 the plate, the end-portions of said wire-section crossingeach other adjacent the lower end-portion of the plate, and one of saidend-portions of said wire-section cooperating with said lowerend-portion of the plate in forming clamping means.

7. In a necktie fastener, a four-in-handscarf form comprising an uprightplate which is enlarged in width upwardly between the upper and lowerend-portions of the plate and has two upwardly diverging tubular membersarranged between said endportions of the plate at the right-hand sideand left-hand side respectively of the back of the plate, a section ofwire extending from within the upper end of the tubular member at theleft-hand side of said back to a point a short distance rearwardly ofsaid tubular member, thence downwardly and in the direction of theright-hand side of said back, thence toward the left-hand side of saidback, and thence forwardly to the upper end of and into saidlast-mentioned tubular member, said wire-section extending through saidtubular members and having its end-portions extending below said tubularmembers and havin one of said end-portions cooperatin wit 1 theaforesaid lower end-portion of t e plate in forming clamping means.

In testimony whereof, I sign the foregoing specification, in thepresence of two witnesses.

FRANK TRoYAN.

Witnesses:

B. 0. BROWN, 'EMIL W. KRYZ.

